Mega-Thread: 2020 United States General Election

[bladeXcrasher]

https://www.statesman.com/story/news...ts/6654277002/

Senate Republicans in Texas are disproving the, "Elections have consequences." saying.



Set arbitrary rules to maintain power, update arbitrary rules to maintain power after losing a seat.

Seriously, this is like, mustache twisting bad-guy levels of transparently obvious shit.

Something Something tyranny of the majority sonething something

[bladeXcrasher]

That pesky tyranny of the majority, AKA democracy. I can see why the fascists are so eager to bring it up.

It's hilarious in its transparency isn't it?

[Benggaul]

I was just reading through this thread of FBI interviewing suspects in the Capitol terrorist attack. They're all just soooooo fucking stupid.

[SirBeef]

It was either Minnesota or Wisconsin... I wanna say Minnesota.

Wisconsin.

[Redwyrm]

Wisconsin.

And North Carolina

[Breccia]

They're all just soooooo fucking stupid.

You mean, the people so sure that Trump ordered them to stage a coup and so sure it would be successful, they filmed themselves doing it and didn't wear masks?

[Edge-]

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...6fe-story.html

So apparently Trump's having a final little rally at Andrews before he fucks off back to Florida. Not gonna lie...if there wasn't a pandemic and if I had the free time and were so inclined to spend the money, I'd love to attend with a bunch of signs specifically reminding him that he's a fuckin loser.

[Redwyrm]

You mean, the people so sure that Trump ordered them to stage a coup and so sure it would be successful, they filmed themselves doing it and didn't wear masks?

Would have been hilarious and appropriate if they had all worn Trump Halloween masks.

[Breccia]

Would have been hilarious and appropriate if they had all worn Trump Halloween masks.

Um...they kind of did. An on-duty officer now claims he put on a MAGA hat so he could slip through the crowd and rescue his allies.

[Edge-]

Um...they kind of did. An on-duty officer now claims he put on a MAGA hat so he could slip through the crowd and rescue his allies.

The video is pretty wild. And he's apparently a registered Democrat who has voted Democrat, so he's not a secret MAGA dude. Just someone who is much smarter than MAGA dudes.

[Breccia]

They're all just soooooo fucking stupid.

*ahem*

An FBI affidavit filed this week details how one Trump supporter who participated in the Capitol siege turned over evidence of his alleged crimes to an FBI agent.

The affidavit said the man, Kevin Lyons, posted photos on social media showing his plans to attend a rally in Washington, DC, headlined by the president on January 6. Trump has been widely accused of inciting the Capitol riot; at the rally, he urged supporters to march to the Capitol, "fight" the election result, and "take back our country."

One photo Lyons posted on Instagram was a screenshot of a map of the route from Lyons' home in the Chicago area to Washington, DC, the affidavit said. In the caption, Lyons wrote that he was "heading to DC to STOP THE STEAL!" After the attempted coup, Lyons posted a photo of a wooden sign that said "Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi" and captioned it "WHOS HOUSE?!?!? OUR HOUSE!!"

"Sounds pretty stup--"

Oh, wait for it.

The affidavit said that when agents questioned Lyons about the second photo on January 8 — two days after the riot — he expressed surprise that investigators had uncovered it because it was up for only an hour before being taken down.

"Man, that's really st--"

I said wait for it.

The affidavit said Lyons couldn't "guarantee that he posted it" but went on to show agents the same photo, which he had saved on his phone.

Holy shit, that's nearly terminal levels of stupidity.

Sorry, you were saying?

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he's apparently a registered Democrat who has voted Democrat

Ah ah ah, gotta interrupt you. Don't forget, Trump is now a Deep Left State Plant ("almond") who fits these same categories.

Nah, just kidding. It doesn't take that much to be smarter than the MAGA dudes, see post from 60 seconds ago.

[Ripster42]

2016: Clinton won the popular vote. Trump claimed otherwise, formed a commission to find the 3-5 million illegal votes, the commission met twice and disbanded after one of them got arrested and one of them died

Not why they disbanded. They disbanded because the democrat on the commission was getting excluded from commission work and he sued the commission for to get their work product. That's when they disbanded, when the democrat would have gotten ahold of other committee member's coms.

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It was either Minnesota or Wisconsin... I wanna say Minnesota.

Wisconsin.

[Breccia]

Not why they disbanded. They disbanded because the democrat on the commission was getting excluded from commission work and he sued the commission for to get their work product. That's when they disbanded, when the democrat would have gotten ahold of other committee member's coms.

Indeed, but "after" is still true. Did not mean to imply cause and effect, only the Trumpian level of effectiveness.

[Egomaniac]

Damage Control detected:

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog...m07iSM.twitter

January 15, 2021
Statement
By Thomas Lifson
We received a lengthy letter from Dominion's defamation lawyers explaining why they believe that their client has been the victim of defamatory statements. Having considered the full import of the letter, we have agreed to their request that we publish the following statement:

American Thinker and contributors Andrea Widburg, R.D. Wedge, Brian Tomlinson, and Peggy Ryan have published pieces on www.AmericanThinker.com that falsely accuse US Dominion Inc., Dominion Voting Systems, Inc., and Dominion Voting Systems Corporation (collectively “Dominion”) of conspiring to steal the November 2020 election from Donald Trump. These pieces rely on discredited sources who have peddled debunked theories about Dominion’s supposed ties to Venezuela, fraud on Dominion’s machines that resulted in massive vote switching or weighted votes, and other claims falsely stating that there is credible evidence that Dominion acted fraudulently.

These statements are completely false and have no basis in fact. Industry experts and public officials alike have confirmed that Dominion conducted itself appropriately and that there is simply no evidence to support these claims.

It was wrong for us to publish these false statements. We apologize to Dominion for all of the harm this caused them and their employees. We also apologize to our readers for abandoning 9 journalistic principles and misrepresenting Dominion’s track record and its limited role in tabulating votes for the November 2020 election. We regret this grave error.

[Breccia]

Damage Control detected

There is no spot for comments after that post. Nor did they tweet it.

If you make your first accusation by yelling it to the masses, but apologize in a whisper behind closed doors, you're not really sorry.

[wunksta]

Damage Control detected:

Translation: 'Please don't sue us'

[Egomaniac]

Translation: 'Please don't sue us'

That's exactly what it is

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There is no spot for comments after that post. Nor did they tweet it.

Which is why other people are doing them the "favour" of tweeting it out for them.

If you make your first accusation by yelling it to the masses, but apologize in a whisper behind closed doors, you're not really sorry.

It's not about apologizing...it's about limiting their exposure

The one thing I will give them some credit for is they specifically state they abandoned journalistic principles.

[Breccia]

It's not about apologizing

That's where I was going with that, yeah. It's not like they returned the money, for example.

[PhaelixWW]

Um...they kind of did. An on-duty officer now claims he put on a MAGA hat so he could slip through the crowd and rescue his allies.

If the forensic accountants dig up his purchase of said MAGA hat beforehand...

[Thepersona]

If the forensic accountants dig up his purchase of said MAGA hat beforehand...

Yeah... these people do not know that banks can and will provide with financial evidence if asked.